diff --git a/tanks-backend/TanksServer/GameLogic/GameTickWorker.cs b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/GameLogic/GameTickWorker.cs
index 9f6dd85..8dd20f7 100644
--- a/tanks-backend/TanksServer/GameLogic/GameTickWorker.cs
+++ b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/GameLogic/GameTickWorker.cs
@@ -33,20 +33,19 @@ internal sealed class GameTickWorker(
 
     private async Task RunAsync()
     {
+        // do not block in StartAsync
+        await Task.Delay(1).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
         try
         {
             var sw = new Stopwatch();
             while (!_cancellation.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
-                logger.LogTrace("since last frame: {}", sw.Elapsed);
-
                 var delta = sw.Elapsed;
                 sw.Restart();
 
                 foreach (var step in _steps)
                     await step.TickAsync(delta);
-
-                await Task.Delay(1);
             }
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
diff --git a/tanks-backend/TanksServer/GameLogic/UpdatesPerSecondCounter.cs b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/GameLogic/UpdatesPerSecondCounter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adfdc9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/GameLogic/UpdatesPerSecondCounter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace TanksServer.GameLogic;
+
+internal sealed class UpdatesPerSecondCounter(ILogger<UpdatesPerSecondCounter> logger) : ITickStep
+{
+    private readonly Stopwatch _long = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+    private ulong _updatesSinceLongReset;
+    private TimeSpan _minFrameTime = TimeSpan.MaxValue;
+    private TimeSpan _maxFrameTime = TimeSpan.MinValue;
+
+    public ValueTask TickAsync(TimeSpan delta)
+    {
+        if (logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Trace))
+            logger.LogTrace("time since last update: {}", delta);
+        if (delta.TotalSeconds > 1)
+            logger.LogCritical("single update took {}", delta);
+
+        if (_minFrameTime > delta)
+            _minFrameTime = delta;
+        if (_maxFrameTime < delta)
+            _maxFrameTime = delta;
+
+        _updatesSinceLongReset++;
+
+        if (_long.Elapsed.TotalSeconds < 10)
+            return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+
+        LogCounters();
+        ResetCounters();
+        return ValueTask.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    private void LogCounters()
+    {
+        if (!logger.IsEnabled(LogLevel.Debug))
+            return;
+
+        var time = _long.Elapsed;
+        var average = Math.Round(_updatesSinceLongReset / time.TotalSeconds);
+        var min = Math.Round(1 / _maxFrameTime.TotalSeconds);
+        var max = Math.Round(1 / _minFrameTime.TotalSeconds);
+        logger.LogDebug("UPS stats for {} updates in {}: avg={}, min={}, max={}",
+            _updatesSinceLongReset, time, average, min, max);
+    }
+
+    private void ResetCounters()
+    {
+        _long.Restart();
+        _updatesSinceLongReset = 0;
+        _minFrameTime = TimeSpan.MaxValue;
+        _maxFrameTime = TimeSpan.MinValue;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tanks-backend/TanksServer/Program.cs b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/Program.cs
index edff439..cce672b 100644
--- a/tanks-backend/TanksServer/Program.cs
+++ b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/Program.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public static class Program
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<ITickStep, SpawnPowerUp>();
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<ITickStep, GeneratePixelsTickStep>();
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<ITickStep, PlayerServer>(sp => sp.GetRequiredService<PlayerServer>());
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton<ITickStep, UpdatesPerSecondCounter>();
 
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<IDrawStep, DrawMapStep>();
         builder.Services.AddSingleton<IDrawStep, DrawPowerUpsStep>();
diff --git a/tanks-backend/TanksServer/appsettings.json b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/appsettings.json
index dd8aa6d..37f8c7b 100644
--- a/tanks-backend/TanksServer/appsettings.json
+++ b/tanks-backend/TanksServer/appsettings.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
         "LogLevel": {
             "Default": "Information",
             "Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning",
-            "TanksServer": "Debug",
-            "Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpLogging": "Information"
+            "TanksServer": "Information",
+            "TanksServer.GameLogic.UpdatesPerSecondCounter": "Debug"
         }
     },
     "AllowedHosts": "*",
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "SmartBulletHomingSpeed": 1.5
     },
     "Host": {
-        "EnableServicePointDisplay": true,
+        "EnableServicePointDisplay": false,
         "ServicePointDisplayMinFrameTimeMs": 28,
         "ClientScreenMinFrameTime": 5
     }
diff --git a/tanks-backend/global.json b/tanks-backend/global.json
index dad2db5..8eb62be 100644
--- a/tanks-backend/global.json
+++ b/tanks-backend/global.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
     "version": "8.0.0",
-    "rollForward": "latestMajor",
-    "allowPrerelease": true
+    "rollForward": "latestMajor"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}